J. B. Priestley

“Bre come eat breakfast!” My mom shouted up the stairs. I jumped out of bed, feeling good, thinking, this is the day to ace my class presentation. In history, we had to create a class presentation about the Civil War, and we had to include dates of what day that event happened, etc. I grabbed a pair of my extremely tight jeans, my extremely baggy, ACDC t-shirt, and my old, dirty, pair of white high top, Chuck Taylors, and I ran down the stairs, getting dressed on my way down. When I got to the…

Willy Lohman’s Dilemma Nobody lives an easy going life, everyone has to cope with different challenges as they age. The theory of Maslow’s law has eight different steps ranging from physiological needs to self-transcendence. These different levels can be applied and related to one’s own life. In the play Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller uses Willy Lohman to demonstrate how he did not reach self-actualization because he prevents himself from advancing psychologically by using defense mechanisms…

being affected by how much time and commitment to their work demands. Overwork can affect people in different ways and it can affect the individual’s relationship between their loved ones. In the article, “Working to Live or Living to Work” by Ronald J. Burke discusses about four factors or reason why people overwork. These factors that Burke talks about in his article are “Individual factors”, “Job factors”, “Organization factors” and “Economic factors”. In this case we can see how these…

J.K. Rowling is a world renowned writer with a great sense of Aristotelian appeals. She is the writer of the Harry Potter series and a graduate of the University of Exeter. In June of 2008, she was asked to write the commencement speech at Harvard University. She titled the speech, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination.” As the title explains, she decides to speak about the benefits of failure and her personal failures. As she talks about failure, she tells the…

Morris and the Anglin brothers started preparing for their escape months prior to their escape in June 1962. The intelligent men began their strategy with saw blades and sharpening spoons from the prison cafeteria to widen the air vents in their cells until the openings were large enough for them to shimmy through. The inescapable prison was starting to deteriorate and the three inmates used the crumbling walls of the building to their advantage. They covered their digging by crafting a…

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower is a book written by Stephen Chbosky about a young fifteen year old boy named Charlie who is beginning high school. It is originally set in 1991, but by the end of the book it is 1992. Initially, Charlie is nervous; he fears being alone because his friend and aunt passed away the year before. The story format is written like a letter because throughout his freshman year he writes to an unknown recipient who he looks up to. Charlie uses different names for people…

“The Elevator” was written by Robert Coover. In this story we meet the main character, from whom the story is blooming, his name is Martin. He is a shy and not really handsome boy. Also, he is an observer, who afraid take a threat. Further, he is always around the corner, seems to wait to jump, but rather than he is jumping into his imagination. Firstly, he is introduced to us, when he was in the elevator as he goes to the basement. He thought it would be a weird place. However, when he gets…

Sunbeam begins producing electric home appliances in 1910. This company take the strategic approach of acquisition of other companies. Sunbeam was also ranked by the Fortune Magazine as one of the largest corporation in America. It was doing good till Dunlap join Sunbeam. Around 1996, Albert Dunlap was hired as the CEO of Sunbeam. The company hire him with the vision to increase the value of Sunbeam because the profits were declining for several years. He have a reputation of giving high profits…

“All you need is faith, trust, and a little pixie dust.” This is a quote from Peter Pan a fun, energetic boy that never grows up. With Peter Pan’s story there’s scads that goes into it, some of these points are where he originated from, why he never seems to grow up, and why Captain Hook wants to see him dead. I know it may seem captivating that Peter doesn’t age, but that’s not all of his “talents”. At just seven days old Peter Pan fell out of his crib and just flew to a mystical place called…

southern United States border General Patton was exposed to a real battle for the first time. He was assigned to lead cavalry troops in a battle against forces from Mexico. Th force commander, Pancho Villa. Patton served as aid to General Pershing (John J. Pershing) during this battle. Patton also tagged along in General Pershing unsuccessful 1916 battle with the enemy forces commend by Villa. World War One—The United States entered the war in 1917. Patton already had aided General Perishing so…